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by morpheos137
1918 days ago
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>Good because if forces you to update and keep your app relevant. The real question we should be asking is, is churn adding value? I understand security updates but otherwise you can only improve the wheel so many times before it just becomes a waste of time (decreasing marginal returns). Software engineering _badly_ needs a concept of finished version and mature software. Often there is very little gained from a new framework every few months besides assuaging the egos of a new generation of developers. |
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It used to be like that. Back before the expectation of regular updates, in fact back before downloading updates off the internet was considered desirable or even feasible, when releasing a patch was a borderline embarrassing admission that we didn't get it right the first time, software shipped on CD and the version that shipped was understood to be the version installed on the vast, vast majority of customer systems, so it had better be a finished product or there were reputations on the line.